Giannini is a traditional fine musical instruments maker in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Founded in 1900 by Tranquillo Giannini, an Italian immigrant with enormous luthier

Luthier

A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...

 talents. Their first industrial plant was locatet at Av. Sao Joao, city of São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

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Today, their huge plant is located at Salto

Salto, São Paulo

Salto is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The elevation is 555 m. The city has one main river, rio Tietê. Poll from 2004 shows the population is 103.884.The city has an important geological park: "Moutonée Park"....

, a city in the state of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

 (not far from the capital).

They currently produce nylon and steel stringed guitars, craviola

Craviola

The Craviola is a stringed musical instrument designed by Brazilian composer Paulinho Nogueira and built by manufacturer Giannini.Craviolas have a distinct asymmetric body shape comparable to an acoustic guitar...

, viola caipira, cavaquinho

Cavaquinho

The cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete , manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho, or cavaco.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D ; other tunings include D-A-B-E...

, mandolin

Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

, violins, electric guitars and basses and some accessories such as guitar tuners and guitar strings.